Related Verses: Mark 1:8; Acts 2:4, 38; 5:32; 10:44-48; 11:15-17

Leading Question: Does the New Testament give us a prescribed order of events for receiving the Holy Spirit?

Note: In the New Testament, obedience is often listed as a pre-condition for being filled with the Spirit – but not consistently. There doesn’t seem to be a “regular” order of events. In theory, the sequence should be: obedience, water baptism, spirit baptism. But exceptions are plentiful.

1. At Jesus baptism: Mark 1. At Jesus’ baptism, the outpouring of the Spirit seems to have been put on hold. For Jesus’ himself the Spirit bore ...